Aracely
Girl · ah-rah-SEH-lee · Latin
Aracely is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “altar of heaven”. In 2025 it ranked 1,427th for girls in the US (151 babies).
What does Aracely mean?
Latin: spelling of Araceli, from Latin ara caeli
“altar of heaven”
From the Virgin Mary's title 'Our Lady of Araceli', after the Roman church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli.
- Say it
- ah-rah-SEH-lee
Is Aracely a girl's or a boy's name?
Aracely is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 151 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aracely in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,427among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 151about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 151 girls in the US were named Aracely, making it the 1,427th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,769th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 482 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
Half of all the girls named Aracely in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 527 girls in the US were given Aracely or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #566, up from #1,427 for this spelling alone.
Aracely in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 151 | #1,427 |
| 2024 | 174 | #1,317 |
| 2023 | 137 | #1,548 |
| 2022 | 141 | #1,521 |
| 2021 | 126 | #1,652 |
| 2020 | 112 | #1,769 |
| 2019 | 130 | #1,629 |
| 2018 | 118 | #1,741 |
| 2017 | 137 | #1,591 |
| 2016 | 128 | #1,667 |
| 2015 | 153 | #1,493 |
| 2014 | 151 | #1,479 |
| 2013 | 171 | #1,362 |
| 2012 | 189 | #1,269 |
| 2011 | 239 | #1,041 |
| 2010 | 256 | #988 |
| 2009 | 324 | #859 |
| 2008 | 318 | #875 |
| 2007 | 345 | #832 |
| 2006 | 387 | #726 |
| 2005 | 368 | #734 |
| 2004 | 370 | #719 |
| 2003 | 482 | #575 |
| 2002 | 385 | #660 |
| 2001 | 380 | #661 |
| 2000 | 239 | #912 |
| 1999 | 182 | #1,092 |
| 1998 | 169 | #1,126 |
| 1997 | 142 | #1,247 |
| 1996 | 167 | #1,098 |
| 1995 | 136 | #1,248 |
| 1994 | 167 | #1,075 |
| 1993 | 170 | #1,068 |
| 1992 | 166 | #1,083 |
| 1991 | 188 | #992 |
| 1990 | 144 | #1,182 |
| 1989 | 156 | #1,077 |
| 1988 | 128 | #1,180 |
| 1987 | 94 | #1,410 |
| 1986 | 99 | #1,327 |
| 1985 | 120 | #1,178 |
| 1984 | 107 | #1,216 |
| 1983 | 115 | #1,150 |
| 1982 | 105 | #1,243 |
| 1981 | 100 | #1,277 |
| 1980 | 132 | #1,068 |
| 1979 | 109 | #1,198 |
| 1978 | 98 | #1,255 |
| 1977 | 78 | #1,429 |
| 1976 | 81 | #1,330 |
| 1975 | 101 | #1,145 |
| 1974 | 83 | #1,284 |
| 1973 | 62 | #1,510 |
| 1972 | 75 | #1,337 |
| 1971 | 57 | #1,625 |
| 1970 | 50 | #1,781 |
| 1969 | 26 | #2,585 |
| 1968 | 33 | #2,091 |
| 1967 | 30 | #2,167 |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,049 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,188 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
Nicknames for Aracely
- Celi
Names like Aracely
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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